Rail-tire for vehicles.



L. F. BELTZ. RAIL TIRE FOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 1916.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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LEWIS F. BELTZ, 0F CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

, RAIL-TIRE FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed September 15, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'LEw1s F. BEL'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carnegie, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Tires for Vehicles, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rims for barrow wheels or like vehicles. The object of my invention is to produce a supplemental rim for wheelbarrows, which when occasion requires, can be readily and quickly applied and when not required can be quickly and readily detached from the wheel and which has integral therewith means for securing the same on the wheel of the barrow. I accomplish this by means of the device illustrated and described herein, which comprises a double flange, detach able, separable rim formed of steel of comparatively light gage and of sufficient resiliency to enable the same to be readily and quickly snapped around the wheel of the barrow and having means integral with said rim for holding the same firmly on the wheel during the use thereof, the main idea being the production of a device of such character which can be quickly and readily applied for temporary use when occasion requires. In the application of mv invention to wheelbarrows used in conveying ballast or other material for railway construction or repair, my supplemental rim can be quickly applied, the rim having within itself means for holding the same firmly on the barrow. The device is hereinafter more specifically described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a barrow provided with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wheel with my invention applied thereto;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918. Serial No. 120,226.

Fig. 3 is a central section of the same;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the blank before being formed into a rim.

Referring to said drawings 1 is a wheel barrow of the usual construction; 2 is the Wheel thereof and 3 is a rail. In order that said wheel barrow may be moved along the rail without danger of slipping therefrom, I provide the wheel with a supplemental rim 4 formed of steel of the requisite gage and resiliency to enable said rim to be readily snapped around the wheel, as shown in the drawings, the inwardly projecting prongs 5 engaging the sides of the rim of the wheel and holding the supplemental rim thereto firmly, the flanges of the supplemental rim preventing any possibility of the wheel slipping from the rail and enabling the user of the barrow to use the rail as a way and thus quickly transfer ballast or other material from point to point with much less trouble and in less time than can be done without the use of my invention. In Fig. 4 I show the blank X before the same is formed into a circle or ring.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s The combination of a wheel barrow and a separable, resilient, circular rim, having flanges projecting outwardly from its inner and outer edges and having inwardly projecting integral prongs at the base of said flanges adapted to engage the sides of the tire of the wheel, for the purpose of holding said rim securely upon said wheel.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS F. BELTZ.

Washington, D. G. 

